Emperor Annei (安寧天皇, Annei-tennō?); also known as shikitsuhikotamatemi no Mikoto; was the third emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 549 to 511 B.C., near the end of the Jōmon period.
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